Low-Focus Thought and Creativity
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What cognitive events are called up during low-focus thought?

  • Daydreaming, visualization, analysis
  • Concrete thinking, high-focus cognition, hallucination
  • Sensory perception, memory retrieval, abstract thinking
  • Affect linking, metaphor, analogy (correct)

Why is low-focus thought relevant to the phenomenological process?

  • It eliminates the need for high-focus cognition
  • It facilitates creativity and originality (correct)
  • It enhances sensory perception
  • It leads to concrete thinking

In the context of Gelernter's terms, what emerges during high-focus cognitive functioning?

  • Dreams
  • Memory retrieval
  • Abstract thinking (correct)
  • Hallucinations

What does Gelernter suggest is based on viewing the abstract?

<p>Few traits shared by many instances (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the text describe the relationship between recollection and dreams in low-focus thought?

<p>They are indistinguishable from each other (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does low-focus thought primarily involve?

<p>Affect linking and metaphor (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did MerleauPonty suggest about phenomenology?

<p>It can be practiced as a style of thinking (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do dancers and actors in performance do?

<p>React and respond through the senses in real time (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does high-focus thought differ from low-focus thought, according to Gelernter?

<p>High-focus thought is analytical and linear, low-focus thought is creative and abstract (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term best describes the flow of movement, speech, and affect in most improvisation, based on the text?

<p>Entwining (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What spectrum did David Gelernter locate human thought processes along?

<p>Dynamic spectrum (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does high-focus thought in affective computing primarily function?

<p>By associating with wide-awake thought (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the French word for rehearsal mentioned in the text?

<p>Répétition (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is emphasized in the existential view of the phenomenological process?

<p>Living through experiences (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does the text describe the cognitive functioning involved in describing certain events?

<p>Excavating sense data through body memory (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used by designers for the cyclical advancement of projects, as mentioned in the text?

<p>Iteration (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the context of the text, what is emphasized when discussing low-focus thought and creativity?

<p>Abstract vs concrete thinking (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is the language used in the different formulations presented in the text?

<p>Objective and distant (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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